Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the middle of the night, the city of Kaifeng was completely silent.

Inside the Miaomiao Building, Bai Yutang was in a light sleep, when he heard a sound of "Xixisuosuo", he opened his eyes and saw that in the big nest in the middle of the room, Yaoyao and Xiaowu were sleeping peacefully together Now, the sound of Xixisuo is not from the two of them... Could it be that there is a rat?

Bai Yutang thinks it's impossible. Where there is Zhan Zhao, apart from Wu Ye, he has never seen anything that has the word "mouse".

Sitting up gently, he found that the sound came from Zhan Zhao's bed.

Fifth Lord frowned—which mouse ate the leopard's courage and climbed onto the cat's bed?

Anyway, the two of them slept head to head, so Fifth Master simply turned over...

Turning over to Zhan Zhao's bed on the opposite side, he realized that Zhan Zhao's eyes were open, and a pair of big eyes were looking at him. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Zhan Zhao blinked.

Bai Yutang was a little confused.

Zhan Zhao stretched out a finger and said to Bai Yutang, "Hush!"

Fifth Master looked down, and saw Zhan Zhao pointing to the fourth son in his arms.

Little Si's head was resting on Zhan Zhao's arm, his face was buried in his chest, and the quilt was covered up to his mouth, but his little face was not as flushed as usual, and a pimple was wrinkled between his brows.

Bai Yutang immediately noticed that under the quilt, the fourth son seemed to be kicking his legs or kicking the quilt, he was in a hurry.

The two looked at each other again, Bai Yutang finally understood, the fourth son had a nightmare, right?

Zhan Zhao hugged the fourth son and dared not move. He heard that people who had nightmares would be terrified if they woke up suddenly, but the fourth son kicked him until his legs hurt. It seemed like he was running for his life in a dream.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao——what to do?

Zhan Zhao is also in a dilemma - why don't you call Gongsun?

Bai Yutang thought it was a solution, but the fifth master just got out of bed when he heard the fourth son say "Ah!"

Zhan Zhao jumped in fright.

Yaoyao and Xiaowu in the nest also jumped.

The fourth son suddenly sat up, sweating profusely, opened his eyes wide and patted his chest.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard a "bang" kicking the door next door, followed by a second "bang", which was very clear... because it was their door.

Xiao Wu and Yao Yao jumped up and hid behind the screen, poked their heads out to look out, and saw Gongsun rushing in with his coat on and his bare feet.

He threw himself on the bed and picked up the fourth son, "Are you having a nightmare?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang moved aside—when did Gongsun learn Kung Fu?So fast!

Following Gongsun and rushing in almost at the same time was Xiao Liangzi, who rushed to the bedside to look eagerly at the fourth son, "Jin'er!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt very guilty for an instant... After all, the fourth son came to sleep for a night, and even had a nightmare.

Outside the door, Zhao Pu also walked in yawning, followed by a group of curious shadow guards.

"Jin'er, what nightmare is it?" Xiao Liang asked the fourth son.

The fourth son finally regained his soul, looked at the adults around him, frowned and said, "There are a lot of people."

"People?" Zhan Zhao wondered, "What's so scary about people?"

The fourth son waved his hand in front of his eyes, "They are all wearing masks, scary masks!"

"Mask?" Zhao Pu frowned, "What kind of mask?"

The fourth son's face was wrinkled into a bun, as if he didn't want to think about it at all, he stretched out his hand and gestured for the position of his chin, "The mouth is so big, so big, so big!"

Everyone imagined what the three "big" concepts are.

"Look at such an evil mask..." The fourth son continued to pat his chest.

"Those people are wearing masks, what are they doing?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Walk into the valley in line. It's a long, long valley. They still hold things in their hands." The fourth son frowned and rubbed his chin thinking, "Is it a stone? Or wood...it feels so hard and heavy." .”

Everyone frowned—what kind of dream is this?The scene felt a little weird.

"And then?" Bai Yutang asked, "Why do you keep running?"

"Oh!" The fourth son clapped his hands, "They walked into a cave together and never came out again. I ran to the front of the cave and took a look... Then something terrible seemed to come out of the cave, so I didn't After seeing it clearly, I ran away..."

Everyone understood and nodded.

The fourth son poked his finger and looked at Gongsun, "Dad, did I see something again... Is it okay if I didn't finish it?"

Gongsun patted him, "Of course it doesn't matter."

"If I'm more courageous and finish reading, you'll know what's in the cave." The fourth son pursed his lips.

The adults looked at each other and touched their chins—oh, they wanted to help. It seems that this special ability has caused a lot of burden for the little four.

Zhan Zhao asked the fourth son, "Is the cave you mentioned the one you saw during the day?"

The fourth son nodded.

Zhan Zhao suddenly understood, "You don't want to help us see what's in the cave before you go to bed, do you?"

The fourth son scratched his head, "I kind of want to..."

"Didn't you say you were afraid?" Bai Yutang said helplessly, "You still want to be afraid?"

The fourth son pouted, "Then let me find a clue for you..."

Gongsun Wangtian, this baby, at the age of breastfeeding, has a heart to eat meat...

Zhan Zhao also felt a little sorry, and patted the fourth son on the head.

Gongsun took the fourth son back to his room and coaxed him to sleep, leaving Zhao Puzhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the Miaomiao building.

Zhan Zhao felt that he had to find a chance to let the fourth son stop worrying about the case, otherwise, with his special talent, he might have nightmares and watch scary scenes every day, wouldn't that be crazy?

Zhao Pu gave a soft "tsk", sat down at the table, poured himself a glass of water, frowned and said, "Actually, I didn't sleep well at night."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised eyebrows, "Are you dreaming too?"

Zhao Putting his chin, "I always think that Ehudao is weird."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't fall asleep either, so they simply sat down at the table and drank tea with Zhao Pu, asking, "What's so weird?"

Zhao Pu talked about the case with Zhao Zhen before, and finally Zhao Zhen suddenly changed the subject, and said something that was obviously hidden.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also found it strange.

"The mask that the fourth son mentioned..." Bai Yutang frowned, "Is it the totem of the water monster?"

"What water monster is so disgusting?" Zhan Zhao frowned.

"People who used to go out to sea were most afraid of encountering wind and waves." Bai Yutang explained, "There once seemed to be some kind of sacrifice in the empty island. At that time, when I was young, I saw a few people wearing strange masks. There was a mask It’s just a white face, with a huge mouth that occupies almost half of the face. The mask is indeed a bit scary. I asked my second brother what it was, and he said it was a water monster mask.”

"Does the water monster look like this?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"It is said that it is some kind of symbol, which means that it can swallow everything like sea water, so the only feature of the whole face is the big mouth. This kind of activity flourished in the previous dynasty, and now few people use it. My second brother and the others did it because they found it. An ancient ship was to be fished out, so the ancient method was used to sacrifice." Bai Yutang recalled Han Zhang telling him about the water monster, "Besides, the big mouth on the mask also means greedy, vicious and vicious, which is not a good thing anyway. thing."

"The scene that the fourth son saw was actually a sacrifice?" Zhan Zhao asked, "The scale is so grand, and this is the custom of the previous dynasty. Could it be from the past?"

"Maybe it was some kind of large-scale sacrificial ceremony in the previous dynasty?" Bai Yutang said, "or it may be the same as the case of the sunken island, the sacrificial activity before the sinking of the old ship. But this custom has been lost for a long time, and only some good boatmen Know."

"Sacrifice..." Zhao Pu scratched his head, "Speaking of... I seem to have seen priests when I was young."

"Any clues?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at him.

"I remember that a few military ships sank that time, and it seemed that they were hit by a typhoon." Zhao Pu said, and lifted his chin again, frowning as if remembering something.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "The past few decades have been peaceful, there are only a few warships in total, and there are no naval battles or pirates. Why send them out in a typhoon?"

Bai Yutang also nodded.

"Uh..." Zhao Pu suddenly lifted his chin, as if he suddenly realized, "Isn't it because of this that Zhao Zhen didn't want me to investigate?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Pu with wide eyes—the details!

Zhao Pudao, "I came back from the northwest for the three-day festival, but the palace looked very busy. It is said that there was a boat going out to sea so I had to pray for blessings. It seemed quite grand."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Pu—why do you have so many "seems, like, and looks like" that you are not sure when you fall to the ground?

Zhao Pu was also very helpless, "It happened more than ten years ago, it should be the year before Zhao Zhen ascended the throne."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang figured it out, Zhao Zhen ascended the throne at the age of 14, so he was 13 years old?

Zhao Pu said, "Those military ships were definitely not going to fight, and the navy at that time was too good to bear to look at. As far as I know, there are many fishing boats along with them."

"Fishing boat?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Why do military boats go out to sea with fishing boats? Afraid of pirates?"

"Pull it down, the military boat is not as big as the fishing boat." Zhao Pu curled his lips, "Can you see the family background of the navy at that time? I seem to have heard my emperor brother say that he was going...to hunt animals."

"Catching animals?" Bai Yutang was even more puzzled, "Do you mean catching fish?"

"Then I don't know." Zhao Pu shook his head, "But three days later, before I returned to the northwest, I heard the news—that the ship sank and suffered heavy losses."

"With the fishing boat?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Pu shrugged, "I really didn't ask for details. At that time, the atmosphere in the whole palace was tense, and my brother was also in a bad mood. Naturally, I didn't stay here, and I hurried back to the northwest, but this matter Zhao Zhen must be clear about the matter." As he spoke, Zhao Pu touched his neck, "Hiss...Thinking about the atmosphere at that time and now, it feels a bit similar, and I always feel that something is wrong."

"At that time, there were fishing boats with the military boats, are you sure?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhao Pu nodded.

"Then it would be easier to investigate, right?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Will your second brother have any clues?"

"I've already written to him to tell him what the Xingtian ship found. I think he'll come over in a few days, and he can ask about it then." While Bai Yutang was speaking, there was the sound of a shift outside.

Zhao Pu got up, waved his hands to the two, and signaled—go to bed early.

After Zhao Pu left, Bai Yutang stood up and closed the door, and when he turned around, he saw Zhan Zhao sitting on the bed, leaning against the head of the bed, thinking.

Bai Yutang once again sighed with emotion at Zhan Zhao's superb lightness kung fu, walked back to his bed, lay down and got ready to sleep.

Zhan Zhao reached out and poked his face, "Yutang, Yutang."

Bai Yutang raised his eyes to look at him—there is still a difference between calling Yutang once and calling Yutang twice, Zhan Zhao called "Yutang" twice in succession, and Bai Yutang listened especially pleasantly, especially the tone.

"Did you ever hear about shipwrecks or sea legends when you were young?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, leaning on the pillow, obviously not feeling sleepy.

"Hmm... I've heard one or two, after all, the island is full of fishermen." Bai Yutang felt a little sleepy.

"Is there anything scary?" Zhan Zhao was very interested, "Tell me something."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, and then simply turned his face to Zhan Zhao and told Zhan Zhao that when he was a child, he heard an old fisherman on Xingkong Island tell him about a thrilling experience of encountering storms and whirlpools when he went out to sea.

In his life, Bai Yutang rarely had the opportunity to tell a story in such a continuous manner. Just when he felt that he could actually talk a lot, he heard Zhan Zhao's breathing evenly.

Fifth Master was stunned, and looked up... Zhan Zhao was sleeping really soundly, I wonder if it was because of Bai Yutang's voice, the corners of Master Cat's lips were slightly raised, more and more like cat's lips.

Bai Yutang sighed. In the middle of the night, he said he was very sleepy to not sleepy, but actually "coaxed" Zhan Zhao to sleep.

Fifth Master knew that Zhan Zhao was trying to play tricks, so he wanted to reach out and pinch his nose to wake him up.

But his hands were stretched out, Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao's sleeping face, and unconsciously withdrew his hands back.

Sighing, Fifth Master covered the quilt, looked up at the spiral beams of Miaomiao Tower and was stunned.

……

At this time, in the palace.

In the Chuntang Pavilion, Zhao Zhen sat cross-legged on a table, looking at Nangong Ji who was rummaging through boxes and boxes, "Haven't found it yet? Slow death!"

Nangong is speechless, Zhao Zhen is a model of talking but not practicing, he is not like a shadow guard and can complain about Zhao Pu at will, he has never talked back to Zhao Zhen since he was a child, at most he can't be persuaded to put a knife on his neck It's just a trick, but he is the emperor, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Zhao Zhen yawned and continued to urge, "Hurry up!"

Nangong Ji could only speed up and turn over the camphor boxes one by one... Finally...

"Ah!" Nangong found what he was looking for, reached into the box and pulled it out... It was a sheepskin scroll.

Handing the scroll to Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen opened it with a bang and read it.

"This is indeed here." On the other end, Nangong rummaged through the box again, found something, and showed it to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen glanced at it, and an expression of disgust immediately appeared on his face, and his voice lowered a bit, "It's this thing again."

Nangong held a white mask in his hand.On an ordinary face, there was inexplicably a big bloody mouth, which took up almost half of the face.And because of this mouth, the facial features that looked normal at first became abnormal, and the expression was also subtle and weird, with an indescribable, demonic aura.